Section 584 Morale Enhancement

Chinese On the way back to China, Zhao Yaning was still reading the newspaper - the first leg of the Champions League was over, and now, what their results were, were also published in the newspaper. After the first leg of the Champions League match, the performance of England's three teams made the English media feel a bit nonsense.

Liverpool drew away to Bayern Munich – a game that was not unexpected. Liverpool's schedule is too perverted to give it their all, and although the 1-1 away result is not good, it is barely passable. It's just that Liverpool, as the defending champion, won the championship with an incomparably arrogant seven-game winning streak in the knockout stage last year. This year, it came up and played a draw, which made the English media feel that Liverpool played without the domineering spirit of last year.

In fact, Liverpool did not play as well as last year, but this game, the English media still had a harvest - Hargreaves played quite well in the game, his effective interception alone, let Liverpool miss at least three excellent opportunities, Figo was almost frozen by him, this Canadian-born, Germany-raised, England player, is now more and more trusted by the English media and national team manager Eriksen, which gives the English media a reason to promote it again' The strength of the Three Lions, the strongest team in history, continues to shape the image of England as a strong team.

And Arsenal's game was unexpected.

For a long time, Arsenal has given people the image of a typical insider in the civil war, a layman in the foreign war, and a typical example of being soft in the Champions League. But this time, when they met Real Madrid, the strongest in the group, many people were not optimistic about them at all, but this time, they were surprisingly not weak. Although the back line is missing two big men, Ashley Cole and Campbell, they rely on this improvised patchwork back line to prevent all Real Madrid's attacks. Even more surprising was when they scored a goal: Thierry Henry scored a goal for Arsenal after winning the ball directly in the middle of Real Madrid.

Although this is only the first round of the round of 16, the vast majority of people still believe that this is definitely the most exciting goal in this Champions League. Riding a thousand miles on the Santiago Bernabeu is not something anyone can do. The 1-1 away win over Real Madrid gave Arsenal a great advantage after returning to home, beating Real Madrid and reaching the round of 16 may not be as difficult as people think.

On the contrary, Chelsea, on the other hand, lost 1-3 in this round of games at their home stadium, and went six games without a win, which is simply a storm - and even now, there are rumors in England that Mourinho will be out of class after this season.

However, in this game, Mourinho is really not to blame for the loss - Drogba still did not play, he just came back from the national team, dusty and overworked, so naturally he could not play. And Galla and Duff are both injured and unable to play, plus the suspended Essien, it is naturally difficult for Chelsea to welcome Milan in such a state.

But even so, they didn't expect to be kicked so badly by Milan - Kaka's one-man raid, a long-range goal through midfield, Shepchenko and Kaka combined into the penalty area, a small angle in the penalty area, plus a free kick by Pirlo to assist Stam to score with a header, three away goals, Milan won it can be said that it was easy.

Although Chelsea also resisted, Crespo also scored a goal, but such a goal can only be said to be better than nothing.

Chelsea will not be able to qualify unless it is 3- away – but a 3-win win over this Milan side at the San Siro is simply not possible.

Chelsea's Champions League journey, so far, has basically come to an end. The rest is a question of whether they are ready to give up completely in San Siro or fight to the death for the sake of dignity. This is also the most discussed issue. Many people believe that Mourinho is a man who knows the times and is likely to give up the Champions League and go all out to play in the league. However, Mourinho himself insisted on fighting for a comeback and vowed to win the double. Such an attitude also makes people dare not jump to conclusions, after all, although Mu Li Ni has a lot of other problems, but he really has never done such a thing as giving up the game.

The other teams were nothing unexpected.

Lyon and Barcelona both won away from home. Lyon 1- avenged half of their victory over PSV Eindhoven, who eliminated them last year. Barcelona, on the other hand, beat Werder Bremen 3-2 away and have the same high chance of progressing as Arsenal in away games.

Inter Milan and Villarreal are both 2-2, drawing with Ajax and Glasgow Rangers respectively, although they are both draws, but they both have two away goals, and they are also very advantageous to qualify.

The only team to win at home was Portugal's Benfica. They played on their home turf with a 3-2 win over Juventus. However, taking into account the two away goals, such a victory can only be said to have won miserably.

"There is a big gap in the quality of the Champions League and it is obviously very difficult for the second team in the group to beat the team who won the group. After this game, we can already see very well what will happen in the rest of the game: it is very likely that none of the teams in the second group will be able to go well. ”

Actually, it's also a matter of luck. If Chelsea had drawn Inter Milan or Bayern had drawn Lyon, it would have been difficult to say the outcome. However, the luck of the second group in the draw this time is not very good, and the gap between the strength of the first group they drew is a bit large, which makes the possibility of qualifying for an upset much smaller.

In addition to the results, the more pleasing thing is that after the race, Walcott was also famous. Before this game, people mentioned him, and they would only say that he was the winter champion of the English League, and he was famous for his value, but in this game, he relied on his performance to make the eyes of the whole England and even the whole of Europe focus on this amazing little guy.

Receiving the ball from your own side of the penalty area and running to the opponent's penalty area to return the pass - this process is not that difficult. But the problem is that he did it all in ten seconds, and he was chasing him all the way with a famous full-back like Lizarazu, with such an opponent, such a stage, such a backdrop, which made him famous in one fell swoop.

Few people will notice how rare this opportunity is. How many times can a person encounter such a big attack, a moment of emptiness in the backcourt? From receiving the ball to passing, Walcott ran for dozens of meters, without even passing a person, he was completely playing running, and he was still a thirty-seven-year-old full-back who raced against him. In fact, such a good opportunity, if it is Owen who gets the ball, and it is a good striker like Ronaldo, it is in vain not to humiliate Kahn. But Walcott only does return passes and assists, which is still fundamentally different from the top players.

But even so, it was enough to make him look out for everyone. There are even rumours that England want to take him to the World Cup.

Good luck guy—but the British were also thinking about using him against the slow German line, right? After all, now that Owen is disabled, England is also missing a big weapon, and now he is also in a hurry to go to the doctor. The British seem to have been kicked out of their nightmare by the Germans at some point, and they have always regarded the Germans as their worst enemies, always thinking about how to fight Germany. And the biggest problem of Germany's back line is that the degree of turning and chasing back is surprisingly slow, and those who have enough degree to break through to them are absolute killers.

It's always good to see the young people in your own team grow. Zhao Yaning was not only happy, but also a lot more interested when he played this Asian Cup qualifier. And this game, in the end, also ended with a goal from Daewoo and a goal from Zheng Zhi, winning 2-1.

However, at the same time as the game was over, Zhao Yaning also received the news: Liverpool was away and was forced to draw 1-1 by Manchester City.

Sure enough, what are you afraid of...... In this regard, Zhao Yaning smiled bitterly and rushed back to Liverpool. At this time, he was surprisingly not in a hurry: he knew best what the team was tired of, even if he had systematic protection, there would never be physical problems, but there were problems because of psychological fatigue, and his teammates were even more tired, so what did he have to blame his teammates?

When he arrived at the club, before he could speak, Sissoko himself stood up, "It's my responsibility not to win. I was all to blame for the loss of this game due to my mistake in the return pass. ”

Zhao Yaning asked carefully, and then understood the matter: when he lost the ball, after he got the ball, he originally wanted to pass it back to Reina, but he didn't notice the player next to him - if he usually wouldn't make such a mistake, but because of the injury, his eyes have not fully recovered, and he has to wear glasses to live. The glasses interfered with his vision, preventing him from seeing the opposing striker, and giving City an equaliser. And Reina, who had just returned, were not able to block the opponent's striker well, which allowed Manchester City to score and finally get a 1-1 draw.

"Those stupid glasses, I'm never going to wear them again." Although his eyes were not yet sharp, Sissoko didn't listen to anyone's persuasion, and resolutely stopped wearing glasses, "This damn stupid thing caused us to lose, and I won't touch it again." ”

"Momo, health is much more important than winning." Zhao Yaning also persuaded, but Sissoko still shook his head, which made him not know what to say, "I am also responsible, if I insist on staying." ”

"And me, I didn't finish the task of opening up the space, I could be in better shape." Garcia also spoke.

"My long-range shots aren't very reliable." Gerald opened his mouth.

"In the final analysis, it's me who loses the knife, and whoever is more responsible, you are all losers." Reina spoke.

"Momo, no one blames you, that thing is not a bad thing, on the contrary, if you don't bring it and get hurt, we will feel more guilty and not in the mood to play well." Zhao Yaning said, "And, isn't it just a loss, before losing this game, how far ahead of Chelsea?" ”

"Five?"

"And now?"

"Three points."

"Aren't we still ahead? What are you afraid of! The game is played one game less, they want to catch up with us, it's not that easy! ”

But it's just a few points ahead, and it's not lagging behind. And, even if it's lagging behind? After this game, the Liverpool players have raised their fighting spirit again because of self-blame and excitement, so why should Liverpool be afraid of Chelsea?

However, this is easy to say, but it is difficult to do. Against Arsenal, Liverpool were already behind after just ten minutes of the game. Cat flutter Chinese